Heavy Snow, Texas
- When
- March 16, 12:00 PM CST to March 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 16 to 17, 1998
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere which moved northeast into Oklahoma allowed for much colder and more moist air to push down into the central Oklahoma Panhandle. Snowfall totals across Texas county were in the four to six and a half inch range.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere which moved northeast into Oklahoma allowed for much colder and more moist air to push down into the central Oklahoma Panhandle. Snowfall totals across Texas county were in the four to six and a half inch range. Some major roads and highways in and around Guymon were closed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 16, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flooding in Nebraska, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5639557.